试论早期希腊哲学中“一”和“多”范畴的发展

On Development of Category of "Single" and "Multiple" in Early Greece Philosophy

本文从逻辑和历史统一的角度,阐述了早期希腊哲学中“一”和“多”范畴的发展过程。由于早期希腊哲学家关注的主要问题是宇宙万物如何生成、如何构成的问题,所以对“一”和“多”范畴的探讨基本上是在本体论意义上展开的。虽然在早期希腊哲学中“一”和“多”的本体论意义的内涵不断拓展,但重视“一”、忽视“多”甚至割裂“一”和“多”的倾向长期存在,这个问题最终在原子论哲学中得到解决,基本实现了“一”和“多”的辩证统一。

This paper expounds the development of the category of ＂single＂ and ＂muhiple＂ in early Greece philosophy. The early Greece philosophers discussed the category from the perspective of ontology because they mainly were concerned about evolvement of universe. However they put emphasis on ＂single＂, neglected ＂multiple＂ and even separated ＂single＂ from ＂multiple＂. This problem was finally solved by atomic philosophy and ＂single＂ and ＂multiple＂ achieved dialectical unity.